If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.
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The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.
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Marya Mannes (16)
Birth: | 14th November, 1904 |
Death: | 13th September, 1990 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Critic |
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